Author: BooMan

A Conspiracy of Patriotism

In our history there have been political assassinations, which can be a kind of coup, but there has never been anything like a classic coup d’etat. No doubt, there was some discussion during FDR’s first term. And the...

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Article on Kos

I hope, if anyone ever does an article on me, that they do a better job of getting the facts right than Benjamin Wallace-Wells did in his piece on Markos. Still, it is an interesting article.

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Open Thread

The site is obviously back up. Our Server company experienced a Dos-attack, which AndiF kindly informed me is a Denial of Service hacking method. And I thought the NSA was too busy consulting their lawyers to have time to carry...

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Luttig, Padilla, Tom Ridge and Michael Moore

The New York Times reports on the Jose Padilla case: A federal appeals court delivered a sharp rebuke to the Bush administration Wednesday, refusing to allow the transfer of Jose Padilla from military custody to civilian law...

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